Felt Sense, Trauma, and the Dynamics of Change

Overview:

Our understanding of the effects of traumatic experiences has increased exponentially over the past ten years providing us with more effective therapeutic approaches. While models vary, there are common practice elements shared by all effective approaches. One of these is an appreciation for one’s ‘felt sense’, that is, inner awareness. We know that therapeutic change requires a reconnection with self and that helping people connect with their own ‘felt sense’ is an important part of the recovery process.

Healing from trauma also involves regaining personal agency, a belief in, and hope for positive change. Effective therapy and especially effective trauma therapy requires therapists to have two essential capabilities, one, skills to support people in reconnecting with their own inner awareness and, two, a theoretical understanding or map of recovery. 

In this workshop we will explore and model how to help individuals connect with their ‘felt sense’ and also consider the key theoretical foundations of trauma work. By the end of the workshop, you will have a more informed appreciation of the therapeutic tasks and actions of trauma therapy.

This workshop is appropriate for trainee counsellors, practising counsellors and psychotherapists, counselling psychologists, and other mental health professionals.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this online workshop, participants will be able to:

• Highlight key therapeutic priorities of working with internalised trauma experiences.
• Gain a deeper appreciation for the essential nature of ‘felt sense’ and how to support an individual in accessing their ‘felt sense’.
• Explore trauma theory and related strategies beneficial in the recovery process.

Format

• The workshop combines research, theoretical input, and discussion
• The workshop will be presented online via Zoom
• Notes of the workshop will be available

Venue: Zoom (Online)

Date: Tuesday 16th May 2023

Time: 6:00-8:00pm AEST   
Cost: $70
CPD hours: 2 hrs